02-06-2018, 10:17 AM
(02-06-2018, 09:54 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: What I'm saying is that the framer's of the Constitution had the foresight to ensure that folks in rural areas wouldn't be subjugated in favor of the views of those in a few population centers.
But that does not refute my statement. You're argument is that this is the way it was intended, which is not an argument I am making. My argument is that you can't say the people won when the people voted for someone else.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR